]]>2011-02-21T13:59:12+00:002011-02-21T13:59:12+00:00http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12979&p=97136#p97136 .. Can I borrow it, just for testing purposes? .. I promise I'll give it back

heiowge wrote:I can afford i3, I may be able to stretch to i5. Any compatability issues?

My main desktop, which I bought last May, has an Asus P7H55D-M Pro motherboard with an Intel Core i5 650 3.20 GHz CPU. I’m running Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit on it and haven’t come across any compatibility problems as yet.

]]>2011-02-19T18:35:30+00:002011-02-19T18:35:30+00:00http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12979&p=97090#p97090But for the price, the 2.8 i5 quoted by your contact is going to take some beating.

The top processor for that board that I can get is the next model up from that, the Q8400- 2.66ghz / 4mb cache, that would add about £11 to the total.... beyond that you’re getting up into intel’s I range (i3/5/7) which would require a different board and I don’t know how they handle unix systems....

Can they offer a more up to date CPU? i5 Quad Core or i7? The Q8300 is 2 years old now. An i7 has an effective 8 CPUs because of hyperthreading which isn't available in the older CPUs. It will also need a motherboard update for the newer CPU socket but this also allows for CPU updates, whereas the older socket doesn't support the newer CPU.